Fish Lake

ID: 4833 ~ Source: Eastern Washington Library Archives ~ Creator: Unknown ~ Date: Unkown
This file appears in: The Many Names of Cheney, Washington

Fish Lake, perhaps the lake that the Native Americans referred to as "Sile'" and the area that gave Cheney its second native name, meaning "Maternal Grandfather."

This file appears in: The Many Names of Cheney, Washington

By Lauren Kuharski
Cheney has been a gathering place for thousands of years, and people have come up with different names for this spot. Spokane and Coeur d’Alene Native Americans called this place "Yts'piyits'p", which means “worn out, worn out” in…